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Hey Mark, I was looking for something else and your thread on the Astro popped up! Hoping all is well with you, and wondering how the project is going? I miss your posts with your great design and...

Sounds like me! But your projects sound waaaaay cooler than mine! With eight grand kids there's a lot of "Oooops! It's OK mom, Grandpa can fix it!", or a downed tree that can be hauled to the sawyer...

So Mark, what's the status of the AstroRacer? I really miss your great progress posts!!

LOL you need to visit my barn/shop to get a perspective on "grungy". :LOL::LOL::LOL:

Ditto! Looking forward to your updates, and your progress.

Mark,
Nothing I would hang my hat on, but if you start searching minimum hood to carb clearance the high performance crowd running hot Mustangs, Camaro's & the like seem to say 4" minimum from the...

Mark,
I like that hydraulic crimper a lot better than the Hammer Crimper that the auto parts store uses!! Your eBay price is not much more than the hammer style!!
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Glad to see the update, and like the details. Same around here, too many "projects" for the hours in the day. My pressure washer got a work out cleaning up the cedar siding on the front of the...

Thanks for posting the details of your bending jig, Mark. It's a versatile design, and like you said you'll probably get lots of use out of it, and you didn't even visit Harbor Freight!!:LOL::p:LOL:...

More great work, and fantastic detail photos and explanation of your steps. Thanks once again for taking time to document your work.

Yep, great to see a well thought out plan executed well. Makes me think of rivnuts in a new light!

Thanks for the pictures, Mark. Always enjoy looking at your fabrication skills. Sorry to hear of your loss of your Dad.

Very nice work, Mark. The brackets are a clean, attractive design, and most of all designed for function first, appearance second. Some of the vendors out there could take lessons....

Looking good! Having access to that laser is a real blessing. I especially like the gauge panel, with the 3D overlay. Seats should look good, too.

I'd love to see a high of 88F in mid-afternoon!! Yesterday we were at 103 to 105F, with humidity in the 30-35% range which is pretty high for that heat. Inside the barn/shop was pushing upper 90's....

Some great detail shots, Mark. Thanks for taking time to stop & photograph, which I know is not always easy when working glass.

Looks great! I'm confused with one thing though. I would have expected the shifter cable to be inside the doghouse, curving down to the tranny connection. How will the cable be concealed atop the...

Intermediate flex of the cable does not affect the movement of the inner cable, provided both ends are firmly mounted. Restricting movement of the cable along the way does not hurt anything, but it...

Great work on an engine cover that will look good and be very functional, too. And thanks for posting all of the details. Seeing the progress pics, step by step, stores ideas that can maybe applied...

More great fab work, and for sure it's living up to it's name! Can't wait to see it all together!!

Mark, you're doing some great fab work and your pictures are well done to help understand your process. It's a huge project, but one that's gonna get lots of attention down the road. Thanks for...

Very nice work, Mark, and your photos are well done, too. Makes it easy to follow your process of getting those details out of your head and onto the van. Looking forward to the next installment!!

Mark,
I looked through all of your pictures and the van is going to look great with those tires! We had a couple of Astro's years back, and I always liked their lines. Yours is going to be super...